亚洲天堂 Lake Olympian Emily Dickson continues to compete at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Dickson has competed in two events thus far; the women鈥檚 15 km individual, and the women鈥檚 7.5 km sprint. As of press time on Feb. 11, she has yet to place on the podium, but has one more chance in the women鈥檚 4x6 relay on the Feb. 15 at 11:45 pm.
She鈥檚 the first athlete to compete in the Olympics from 亚洲天堂 Lake since Esther Miller, now Esther Grondalen, was a two-time Olympian for cross country skiing in the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics. Grondalen is no stranger to local support, as a sign was erected in the Decker Lake community in honour of her accomplishments.
Lakes District 亚洲天堂 spoke to Grondalen about how it feels to see another local athlete earn the achievement of qualifying for the Olympics.
鈥淚t鈥檚 not an easy thing to qualify for the Olympics. I was training about four or five hours a day and working on top of that. She鈥檚 probably doing extra hours on top of it as well to practice shooting as well. I would think it would be a lot more difficult to be a biathlete,鈥� said Grondalen.
鈥淚鈥檝e never met Emily in person, but I鈥檓 just very proud of her. I鈥檓 proud in general to be from 亚洲天堂 Lake and to have such a great athlete representing our town,鈥� she continued.
The rest of 亚洲天堂 Lake is showing their pride as well, as displays can be seen all over town, including a big poster in front of Corridor 16.
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